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Minneapolis: December 5, 2016

Here are some shows taking place in the Minneapolis/St Paul area on December 5, 2016.

Other shows in the area:

12/05/16 The annual KDWB Jingle Ball is happening at Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul. This year’s acts includes: Backstreet Boys, Fifth Harmony, G-Eazy, Diplo, Lukas Graham, Alessia Cara, Tove Lo, Hailee Steinfeld, and Gnash.

12/05/16 The King Khan & BBQ Show and The Gartrells will be at Turf Club.

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Read More Dragonette I saw this trio Dragonette last year and was rather impressed with this Canadian female-fronted electro-pop band. It would seem that the Juno-award-winning band is co-headlining a tour .…

DRAGONETTE
at 7th Street Entry
Monday, 12/05/16, 7pm ($15)
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We’ve seen the Canadian band Dragonette a couple of times and can tell you that they are a really fun dance electropop trio. At the height of their popularity when they released Bodyparts, they were performing on Good Morning America and collaborated with such acts like Kaskade, Galantis, Big Data, Martin Solveig, etc.

Now the trio is back with their fourth studio album Royal Blues.

New York’s Gibbz (aka Mike Gibney and was last seen in Minneapolis on February 2016) will open the show. He has an upcoming EP called Oh My God, due out on December 16th. This may be a great way of checking him out before he tackle his first headlining tour in 2017.

P.S., My favorite all-time Dragonette song is called ‘Hello’, which is actually a collaboration with French DJ Martin Solveig.

Tour dates:

12/2: Salt Lake City, UT @ Metro Bar ^
12/3: Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater ^
12/5: Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry ^
12/6: Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall ^
12/8: Columbus, OH @ A&R Music Bar ^
12/10: Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw ^
12/11: Boston, MA @ Royale Boston ^

^ = w/ Gibbz

Read More Hands Like Houses Australia rockers Hands Like Houses return to North America as main support for Enter Shikari on “The Mindsweep Tour”. Hands Like Houses’ third LP Dissonants is out now via Rise Records. …

OUR LAST NIGHT / HANDS LIKE HOUSES
at The Garage
Monday, 12/05/16, 5pm ($18)
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The Our Last Night and Australia’s Hands Like Houses co-headlining show (“Face to Face” Tour) is taking place at the Garage in Burnsville on Monday, December 5th.

We previously mentioned the Australian band in April 2016 when they were out touring in support of their third studio album Dissonants (Rise Records). The record was produced and mixed by James Paul Wisner (Paramore, Dashboard Confessional) and marked the band’s highest charting to date worldwide (#7 ARIA Albums, Top 10 Billboard Independent Albums, Hard Music Albums, Alternative Albums, and Rock Albums) and was well received globally, with positive reviews from Kerrang!, All Music, Tone Deaf, Alternative Press, Outburn and Rock Sound, etc.

Please note start time of this all-ages show: 5pm. Show up early to check out The Color Morale and Out Came The Wolves.

Tour dates:

12/01 @ Crofoot Ballroom in Detroit, MI
12/02 @ Park Street Saloon in Columbus, OH
12/03 @ Fubar in St. Louis, MO
12/04 @ The Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL
12/05 @ The Garage in Burnsville, MN
12/07 @ Marquis Theater in Denver, CO
12/08 @ In The Venue in Salt Lake City, UT
12/10 @ El Corazon in Seattle, WA
12/11 @ Analog Theater in Portland, OR
12/13 @ The Boardwalk in Orangevale, CA

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Dragonette at First Ave w/ The Presets 5/15/13

Dragonette Setlist Read More Dragonette I saw this trio Dragonette last year and was rather impressed with this Canadian female-fronted electro-pop band. It would seem that the Juno-award-winning band is co-headlining a tour .…

The Canadian electronic band Dragonette made a stop at the First Ave Mainroom Wednesday night along with Australia's The Presets and the LA-based DJ’s Classixx.

From the time Dragonette came on stage to when they left, they were a highenergy electro-pop powerhouse. Playing songs mostly off their Bodyparts album (Universal Music Canada) released this past September, and mixing in some songs off their past albums they gave a great performance.

Martina Sorbara (vocals) danced throughout the whole show, and her powerful energy was felt through the crowd and they were jumping right along with her. During "Hello", the crowd belted every line of the song she did with French producer/DJ Martin Solveig.

THE PRESETS

They will be continuing their co-headlining US tour with The Presets. The Australian duo broke into the mainstream with their #1 album, Apocalypso, spawning six hit singles: "My People", "This Boy's in Love", "Talk Like That", "Yippiyo-Ay", "If I Know You" and "Kicking and Screaming". The Presets may have another hit album on their hands with their third full-length album, Pacifica, especially after their single, "Ghosts", was recently awarded "Single of the Year" (Reader's Choice) for the 4th annual Australian Rolling Stone Awards.

Tour Dates:

05/17 Granada - Lawrence, MO*
05/18 Ogden Theatre - Denver, CO*
05/19 The Depot - Salt Lake City, UT
05/20 Marquee Theatre - Tempe, AZ
05/21 Avalon - Los Angeles, CA*
05/24 Fox Theater - San Francisco, CA
05/25 My Life Every Day - San Diego, CA (The Presets Only)
05/25 Neon Desert Music Festival - El Paso, TX (Dragonette Only)
05/26 Sasquatch Festival - George, WA (The Presets Only)

*With Classixx

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Dragonette at First Avenue, Minneapolis (05/15/13) all photos courtesy of Jonathan Wirkus/Jonathan Wirkus Photography

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Female-Fronted Bands

Read More Garbage Garbage premiered their new single, "Big Bright World", last week on VEVO. The song is the second European single after their #1 Alternative Rock album, Not Your Kind of People, which came out in May via their own STUNVOLUME record label. …

GARBAGE
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One of the most famous female-fronted bands from the 90s is Garbage, lead by Scottish singer Shirley Manson. I first discovered her through a short-lived band called Angelfish, which you can read about here.

Anyway, after their European tour cancellation in 2005, we thought we'd seen the end of Garbage. The band took a break and came back five years ago to release Absolute Garbage. Around this time, Shirley Manson became a fulltime cast member in great "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles" series, so there wasn't a whole lot of touring or promotion around this time.

Luckily, last year, the band announced a new record called Not Your Kind of People and traditional tour dates! The band will be stopping by Minneapolis' Mill City Nights this Friday. If it all works out, we'll be covering them.

04/03/13 Chicago, IL Riviera Theatre
04/05/13 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
04/06/13 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
04/07/13 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater
04/09/13 St. Louis, MO The Pageant
04/10/13 Kansas City, MO Harrah's North Kansas
04/12/13 Las Vegas, NV Pearl Concert Theater

In other Garbage news, look for the band with Screaming Females will be releasing a special Record Store Day 2013 limited 10" on April 20th, featuring a cover of Patti Smith's "Because the Night" and two other tracks, "Automatic Systematic Habit Costa Cadeu Remix" (remixed by Beatport contest winner Konstantin Kazhev) and an original song called "Love Like Suicide".

Shirley Manson explains the teamup with Screaming Females: "This year we once again wanted to release something special in celebration of Record Store Day 2013. We decided to record the duet that we had been performing on tour with the Screaming Females towards the end of 2012. The SF flew across country from New Jersey to Los Angeles so we could record it all together at EastWest Studio 1 in Hollywood ; 2 drum kits, 2 bass rigs, 2 guitars, 2 microphones and 1 piano. No mean feat…. The song? A cover of Patti Smith’s “Because the Night”. Why? Because it’s awesome."

Read More Dragonette As for Dragonette, it's clear to me that this Canadian trio has been doing this kind of electro-dance music for a while now, and they know the secret formula of getting their fans to dance. …

DRAGONETTE
dragonetteonline.com

I saw this trio Dragonette last year and was rather impressed with this Canadian female-fronted electro-pop band.

It would seem that the Juno-award-winning band is co-headlining a tour with Australia's The Presets. Tour is kicking off in May, look for me to be dancing at First Avenue on May 15th.

Dragonette's latest album, Bodyparts, is out now on Universal Music Canada.

Dragonette Tour w/ The Presets:
05/05: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
05/07: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
05/08: New York, NY @ Terminal 5
05/09: Montreal, QC @ Le National
05/10: Toronto, ON @ Danforth
05/12: Indianapolis, IN @ Vogue
05/13: Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
05/14: Madison, WI @ Majestic
05/15: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
05/17: Lawrence, MO @ Granada Theatre
05/18: Denver, CO @ Ogden
05/19: Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot
05/20: Phoenix, AZ @ Marquee
05/21: Los Angeles, CA @ The Avalon
05/24: San Francisco, CA @ The Fox Theater

THE BAND PERRY
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I was at Target today and saw The Band Perry's sophomore album Pioneer on the shelves. The thing that stuck out was there were limited autographed editions! I am assuming the band sat down and signed all those copies.

Anyway, if you were wondering this is a Nashville sibling trio with Kimberly Perry on vocals and guitar and her two brothers Reid Perry on bass and Neil Perry on drums.

The band is currently in the middle of a tour and they stopped by their hometown of Greeneville recently to perform in front of 25,000 fans! The autograph line was described as "stretched nearly a mile down Main Street." Yes, they are white hot with Pioneer hitting #1 iTunes Country chart.

Neil Perry commented on the event, "We are so humbled by the show of support from our hometown, as well as our fans that traveled so many miles - and our neighbors just down the street - to see the show! We had a great time signing CDs for everyone who braved the crisp night air waiting to meet us and say hello. And to have Governor Haslam recognize us as we came home, what an incredible honor."

Check out The Band Perry on tour now:

04/05/13 Las Vegas, NV Orleans Arena 04/19/13 North Andover, MA Merrimack College 04/21/13 Peoria, IL Reanissance Coliseum 05/03/13 Fort Worth, TX Billy Bob's Texas 05/05/13 Jackson, MS Thalia Mara Hall 05/18/13 Columbia, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion 05/26/13 Baton Rouge, LA LSU Tiger Stadium 05/31/13 Wantagh, NY Nikon At Jones Beach 06/01/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 06/02/13 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center 06/16/13 Saratoga Springs, NY Saratoga 06/21/13 Cullman, AL Heritage Park 06/22/13 Columbus, GA Columbus Civic 06/27/13 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music 06/28/13 Cuyahoga Falls, OH Blossom Music 06/29/13 Noblesville, IN Klipsch Music Center 07/13/13 West Fargo, ND Red River Valley 07/14/13 Madison, NE Madison Fairgrounds 07/18/13 Eau Claire, WI Country Jam USA 07/19/13 Stateline, NV Lake Tahoe Outdoor

07/20/13 Tooele, UT Miller Motorsports Park 08/02/13 Gilford, NH Meadowbrook 08/03/13 Bowmanville, ON Canadian Tire 08/04/13 Jackson, MI Jackson County 08/09/13 Wichita, KS Intrust Bank Arena 08/10/13 Tulsa, OK BOK Center 08/13/13 Springfield, IL Illinois State Fair 08/16/13 Maryland Heights, MO Verizon 08/17/13 Tinley Park, IL First Midwest Bank 08/18/13 Sioux City, IA Tyson Events Ctr. 09/05/13 Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center 09/06/13 Burgettstown, PA First Niagara 09/07/13 Darien Center, NY Darien Lake 09/12/13 Phoenix, AZ Desert Sky Pavilion 09/13/13 Chula Vista, CA Sleep Train Amph 09/14/13 Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amph 09/26/13 Virginia Beach, VA Farm Bureau 09/27/13 Raleigh, NC Time Warner Cable 09/28/13 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live 10/03/13 Las Cruces, NM Pan American 10/04/13 Lubbock, TX United Spirit Arena

THE Y AXES facebook.com The Y Axes a female-fronted indie pop/synth rock quintet from San Francisco. They self-proclaimed themselves as "a couple scientists and tech geeks". Their new EP, Moon Rock, came out last month (March 20th). They wrote that their soundcloud is free, but it is not. Instead, you might have to go their bandcamp or look to amazon.com.

LOLOVE lolovemusic.com Electro-pop group Lolove's PledgeMusic just hit 99%, so the reality of recording their EP is a real possibility. The Los Angeles band just played Minneapolis and is wrapping up their tour: 04/04 Al' s Bar - Lexington, KY 04/05 Juanita's - Little Rock, AK

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Dragonette at Triple Rock, Minneapolis (09/19/12)

Tour Dates 09/20/12 Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club * 09/21/12 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge* 09/22/12 Las Vegas, NV @ Hyde at Bellagio 09/24/12 San Diego, CA @ Belly Up * 09/25/12 Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre * 09/26/12 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine * 09/27/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir * 09/28/12 Seattle, WA @ Decibal Festival* 09/29/12 Vancouver, BC The Venue + 10/02/12 Kamloops, BC Cactus Jacks+ 10/03/12 Calgary, AB Republik CA + 10/04/12 Edmonton, AB Starlite Room + 10/05/12 Saskatoon, SK The Odeon+ 10/06/12 Winnipeg, MB West End Cultural + 10/07/12 Thunder Bay, ON The Outpos + 10/11/12 London, ON London Music Hall+ 10/13/12 Hamilton, ON Studio Theatre+ 10/16/12 Kitchener, ON Wax Nightclub 10/17/12 Kingston, ON Ale House + 10/18/12 Toronto, ON Sound Academy + 10/19/12 Montreal, QC Corona Theatre + 10/20/12 Ottawa, ON Babylon * with the Knocks + with Young Empires Read More Dragonette Canadian electropop trio, Dragonette, will be heading out on tour in support of their third studio album, Bodyparts.

Dragonette and the Knocks stopped by Minneapolis' Triple Rock Social Club last night, as part of their US tour. It was the first time either band has been in the city, and they were thrilled to play for us.

The Knocks

I've briefly mentioned The Knocks before, and I've complained that they didn't list a biography on their page (it's hard to write about a band when they're so cryptic). Anyway, I found out more about them now: this is a DJ duo of B-Roc and Jpatt, and they're basically mashup/remix DJs from New York. On paper, it sounds very simple what they do, but in reality, they're actually producing original content through pre-recorded samples, but also playing drums, keys, and even vocals (although sometime this seems more like karaoke.)

They started off their set with "R.O.Y.L." (rest of your life) and medley in, what seems like, an endless mix of music. Sometime I can pick out Fatboy Slim or the Killers, but since the DJ/remix culture is lost on me, I honestly didn't know their source material. It certainly didn't matter to the dancing bodies last night; they were eating everything The Knocks were handing out.

Dragonette

As for Dragonette, it's clear to me that this Canadian trio has been doing this kind of electro-dance music for a while now, and they know the secret formula of getting their fans to dance. It's very catchy and singer Martina Sorbara looks great on stage. Once in a while she plays bass, but it's usually just her dancing with a microphone.

As you can see from the setlist, half of the set were from their forthcoming Bodyparts album ("Riot," "Live in This City," "My Legs," "Run Run Run," "My Work Is Done," "Let It Go," "Rocket Ship," etc), while the rest were taken from their two previous albums, Galore and Fixin to Thrill.

By the very end of the night, they pretended that they have exhausted their arsenal of songs. It's cute, but we all know they were saving a hit song… and the final song was "Our Summer."

Dragonette is currently on tour to promote their third album, Bodyparts, which is coming out September 25th. If you were hoping to purchase the album before its official release date, you are out of luck because they've sold all their CDs on this tour.

Dragonette at Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis (09/19/12)

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A Trio of Trios: Saint Etienne, Dragonette, and Casket Girls

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SAINT ETIENNE
saintetienne.com

We love the British trio Saint Etienne, having written about them a few times.

It's hard to believe that it's been six years since the band was in the USA. The good news is that they are doing just a handful of US dates in support of their new album, Words and Music by Saint Etienne. Unfortunately, it might be a while before I see the beautiful Sarah Cracknell since they're not playing anywhere near me.

Words and Music by Saint Etienne will come in standard and double-disc deluxe set from Universal Music Enterprises.

10/24 Toronto, ON - The Opera House
10/25 Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall
10/26 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10/27 Boston, MA - Paradise
10/29 Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
10/31 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
11/01 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
11/02 San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
11/03 Los Angeles, CA - Fonda Theatre

DRAGONETTE
dragonette.com

Just a reminder that Canadian electropop trio, Dragonette, will be heading out on tour this week (tomorrow!) in support of their third studio album, Bodyparts (the album is coming out September 25th).

If you missed Dragonette's "Let It Go" on Good Morning America, you can see them on abcnews.go.com.

UPDATE: I am a big cover lover of cover artwork, and I love Dragonette's album art for Bodyparts. I couldn't help but poke a little fun at it with a new vuart.

Hopefully, if it all works out, we'll be covering the band at the Minneapolis date. All dates with (*) are with The Knocks, a band that doesn't seem to have a website.

9/11: Buffalo, NY @ Town Ballroom * 9/12: New York, NY @ Webster Hall * 9/13: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer 9/14: Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club * 9/15: Washington, DC @ Black Cat 9/16: Cleveland, OH @ Ingenuity Festival 9/18: Chicago, IL @ Metro * 9/19: Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock Social Club *

9/20: Kansas City, MO @ Beaumont Club * 9/21: Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge* 9/22: Las Vegas, NV @ Hyde at Bellagio Hotel 9/24: San Diego, CA @ Belly Up * 9/25: Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre * 9/26: San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine * 9/27: Portland, OR @ Doug Fir * 9/28: Seattle, WA @ Decibal Festival / Neumos *

THE CASKET GIRLS
casketgirls.org

The Savannah trio, The Casket Girls will be releasing their debut album, Sleepwalking, on November 6, 2012, via Graveface Records.

The band consists of Ryan Graveface (from Black Moth Super Rainbow and various other bands) and sisters Elsa and Phaedra Greene.

You can preview the title track, "Sleepwalking," below:

The Casket Girls' live band will include additional music support from bassist Bullsmear (Black Moth Super Rainbow) and drummer Peter Seeba (Dreamend).

Tour information below.

10-27 Savannah, GA - Graveface Fest ^ 10-29 Orlando, FL - The Social ^ 10-30 Miami, FL - The Stage ^ 10-31 Tampa, FL - Crowbar ^ 11-01 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder ^ 11-02 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks ^ 11-03 Austin, TX - The Mohawk ^ 11-06 Dallas, TX - The Loft ^ 11-07 Nashville, TN - Exit/In ^ 11-08 Louisville, KY - Zanzabar ^ 11-09 Columbus, OH - Skullys ^

11-10 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Smalls Theatre ^ 11-16 Sacramento, CA - Ace Of Spades & 11-17 San Francisco, CA - Regency Ballroom & 11-20 San Diego, CA - House Of Blues & 11-23 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom & 11-24 Las Vegas, NV - House Of Blues & 12-03 Boston, MA - Paradise ^ 12-05 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom ^ 12-06 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall Of Williamsburg ^ 12-07 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer ^ 12-08 Washington DC - U Street Music Hall ^

^ w/ Black Moth Super Rainbow, & w/ The Faint

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